tnef RPM failed dependencies

[Scott Silva]

Ron Hahn spake the following on 8/29/2006 8:28 AM:
> Colleagues,
> 
> Bear with me if this is somewhere in the archives but I can't seem to
> find any reference to it.
> 
> I'm trying to install (for the first time) mailscanner on a Cobalt RAQ 4
> that has been converted to RAQ 550 OS.
> 
> I have perl 5.8.3 successfully installed.
> 
> When I run the ./install.sh script, it falls over on the tnef section:
> 
> -------------start
> Installing tnef decoder
> 
> error: failed dependencies:
>         libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3)   is needed by tnef-1.4-1
> 
> Now to install MailScanner itself.
> 
> NOTE: If you get lots of errors here, run the install.sh script
> NOTE: again with the command "./install.sh nodeps"
> 
> error: failed dependencies:
>         tnef >= 1.1.1 is needed by mailscanner-4.55.10-3
> -------------end
> 
> I searched for this shared library and found it in two places:
> 
> [root MailScanner-4.55.10-3]# find / -name libc.so.6 -print
> /lib/libc.so.6
> /usr/i386-glibc21-linux/lib/libc.so.6
> 
> As far as I can see both of these locations are in the library search
> path..
> 
> [root MailScanner-4.55.10-3]# cat /etc/ld.so.conf
> /usr/lib
> /usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib
> /usr/X11R6/lib
> /usr/sausalito/lib
> /usr/lib
> /home/chiliasp/lib
> /usr/i386-glibc21-linux/lib
> /lib
> 
> So.... any suggestions as to why the installation of this RPM is falling
> over?  I note that I have tnef-1.4.3 installed in /usr/local/bin all ready.
> 
> Thanks for the help,
> 
If you really have a lot of trouble, you could try BlueQuartz on that server.
A more modern linux (CentOS) with the cloned webconfig. It could be easier
than trying to hack the Raq software. Just a thought.....

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You hope everybody uses it, and
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